"Bus Tad, would it be sooo bad? Come on… admit it. The babies are growing, you are looking for things to do… a litter of puppies… you would definitely be occupied" Babs said with her usual bluntness "And giving them away… we only gave away to Bethy's parents that time so we could still see the pup. What if the people move away? Hmmm? A pup dies and you blame yourself for choosing the wrong fmaly? Come on… will you REALLY want to give theme away to strangers?"
"Ton has the right idea." Fen agreed "the kids all love the dogs and to have one of their own… a great step in teaching them empathy. Like you always say with us… we need pets for buddies. Come on… mine will LOVE one."
Ianto knew he was beaten and deep down that they were right but it did chafe to learn that he had been annoying in his quest for little odd jobs. Was he really being cloying? Jack sensed something had been said that Ianto had taken umbrage with so he added "And you know the dogs will be so well trained."
"Like Grub was?" Walter snorted "That dog was insane until the day he died… let's not forget how. Running into the river like that."
"A child was on the other side of the river crying, he saw and… yeah" Ianto deflated more, the subject of how they lost that dog was never spoken of, the heartache raw after all this time and they knew they had overstepped on his feelings now.
"Come on love… you will give her the best care… the babies the best care… you never do Anything by halves… isn't the Derby household expecting soon with their dog? And Maintain said something the other day about Manny's cat? Maybe the vet needs a class or two so people can learn how to prepare for births and things, you could help with that."
Ianto knew he was being handled… rather badly too as even Angel snorted and rolled her eyes… well… sort of blinked them bit she thought it looked that way and they never corrected her …. But Ianto did know he was trying to help.
"OK… we will see."
"Right." Jack nodded. Sorted.
The grown arsed adult kids all sqweed as little as they thought about their own versions of the lovely dogs. Ianto just knew one of them would come out a red monster… and guess who would want to keep it?